Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 22, 2011, 5:14 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 2011, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2011, 5:14 AM EST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
049 WWUS82 KMLB 221014 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 514 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-222300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0004.110122T1700Z-110122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.110122T1700Z-110122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0005.110123T1700Z-110123T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 514 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY HIGHER GUSTS. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA WITH LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME MORE ONSHORE SUNDAY...BUT INTERIOR LOCATIONS COULD SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RH AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. SO HAVE RAISED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 TO 96 HOURS. PLEASE MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ FLZ141-222300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.110122T1700Z-110122T2300Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA- 514 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY HIGHER GUSTS. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA WITH LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ KELLY
1 follow-up statement
671 WWUS82 KMLB 222309 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 609 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-231200- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0005.110123T1700Z-110123T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 609 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT TO NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY.. INTERIOR LOCATIONS COULD SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 TO 96 HOURS. PLEASE MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ FLZ141-230015- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110122T2300Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA- 609 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:45 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:14 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 23 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.